The family of a man killed in a stabbing says police should have interviewed more witnesses at the scene.

The family of a man killed in a stabbing says police should have interviewed more witnesses at the scene.

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Updated: 7:47 AM CST Jan 2, 2015

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WEBVTT New information tonight... in a Des Moines stabbing police say was a justifiable homicide. The family of the man who was stabbed to death now says it was no accident. Des Moines Police say 34- year-old Jahron Parker .. was visiting the tenant in the basement unit of a home.. in the 11-hundred block of Amos Avenue on Wednesday.. and he was pounding on the door of the common area. The noise woke up 35-year-old Christopher Bear... who was visiting someone who lives upstairs. When Bear confronted Parker.. witnesses told police that Parker attacked Bear.. and pulled a knife. But it was Parker who was stabbed in the chest. He was taken to Iowa Methodist Medical Center... where he was pronounced dead Parker's family is speaking out tonight... to KCCI's Kim St. Onge. She has their story. 7300, 25:54-26:05 <"THERE WERE SEVERAL DEFENSIVE WOUNDS ON HIS HANDS, HIS ARMS, HIS FACE WAS SWOLLEN. THEY SAY HE PUT UP A TERRIBLE FIGHT."> Jahron Parker's family says Des Moines Police should have spoken with more people before they came to their conclusion in just one day. <"WITHOUT A DOUBT IT'S A HOMICIDE... BUT IT'S NOT A MURDER."> Officials say it was a justifiable homicide ...under Iowa law someone is allowed to use deadly force under certain circumstances. <"MR. BEAR WAS LEGALLY JUSTIFIED IN DEFENSE OF HIMSELF."> Parker's mother says someone told her Thursday afternoon that he was stabbed between 5 and 7 times ... Instead of just once in the chest. To her, that's not self defense. <"THAT'S YOU TRYING TO KILL HIM. ONE TIME, YEAH BUT CONTINUALLY? NO."> This grieving family admits they may never know exactly what happened, they just want to know how investigators came to their conclusion so quickly. <'WE'RE NOT OUT FOR BLOOD. WE'RE NOT OUT FOR RETRIBUTION. WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT TOOK PLACE."

Family says stabbing death was no accident

The family of a man killed in a stabbing says police should have interviewed more witnesses at the scene.